Quoted For Truth. See how annoying it is when you’re not a part of the in crowd?
All the various acronyms for national sign languages have ruined the internet. Ask me how I know.
Full confession here. I have always thought your username was in reference to American Sign Language.
In my defense, I had a very close friend who worked as an ASL interpreter.
Alas, it is not.
My opinion is that I don’t care what obscure acronyms you choose to use when you’re talking amongst yourselves but on a public message board list this, it’s important to make clear what you mean. In other words, I’m with @What_Exit on this one.
Agreed. First think I thought.
To be fair, it really was a teaching moment. It’s just that he’s refusing to learn from you.
Why is visually-impaired-mellowjelly still here?
I don’t really agree. Yes, ideally people wouldn’t use unknown acronyms. But the thing is, someone who uses an acronym clearly thinks it isn’t unknown. Or they wouldn’t use it. So advice not to use unknown acronyms isn’t very useful.
People often use words they assume others know. And sometimes they’re wrong. Someone earlier didn’t know what the word “trock” meant. So they just asked. And they got an answer. I think that worked better.
k9b clearly thought his acronym was well known.
You’re also with What_Exit in being a dick about how you make your objections known?
Doesn’t seem like a troll to me, just stoned all the time.
I thought TLAs weren’t allowed.
So what is a TLA?
Tennessee Library Association. Fuck those assholes.
Theater of the Living Arts (from Philly)…
Honestly, @k9bfriender said the three-letter acronym would be clear to those they were talking to, but this is a public forum, not a private conversation. Excluding others is pretty rude.
@k9bfriender, I want to apologize for that ratcheting up so quick yesterday.
I still think you should explain the obscure acronyms but I never meant to go on the attack.
As I recall from the glory days of NYC’s 42nd Street, Totally Live Action.
Weren’t you in the military? I thought that life was chock-full of three letter acronyms.
ETA: What’s NYC?
We never had a TLA one. But you should have seen how confused I was when I first joined the board and people kept mentioning SMG. (typically talking about Sarah Michelle Gellar and not a Submachine Gun)
You know it is funny, even in threads talking about the military or the Navy I usually explain the acronym the first time I use it. For instance, I failed to take to heart NAVY. Never Again Volunteer Yourself.